diff --git a/cli/src/cmd/info.rs b/cli/src/cmd/info.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcb84d279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/cmd/info.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+use crate::table;
+use clap::{App, ArgMatches, SubCommand as ClapSubCommand};
+use failure::Fallible;
+use prettytable::{cell, row, Table};
+
+use crate::cmd::{shared, ArgMatchResult, CommandInvocation};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Invocation {
+    task: String,
+}
+
+define_subcommand! {
+    fn decorate_app<'a>(&self, app: App<'a, 'a>) -> App<'a, 'a> {
+        app.subcommand(
+            ClapSubCommand::with_name("info")
+                .about("info on the given task")
+                .arg(shared::task_arg()))
+    }
+
+    fn arg_match<'a>(&self, matches: &ArgMatches<'a>) -> ArgMatchResult {
+        match matches.subcommand() {
+            ("info", Some(matches)) => ArgMatchResult::Ok(Box::new(Invocation {
+                task: matches.value_of("task").unwrap().into(),
+            })),
+            _ => ArgMatchResult::None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+subcommand_invocation! {
+    fn run(&self, command: &CommandInvocation) -> Fallible<()> {
+        let task = shared::get_task(&mut command.get_replica(), &self.task)?;
+
+        let mut t = Table::new();
+        t.set_format(table::format());
+        t.add_row(row![b->"Uuid", task.get_uuid()]);
+        t.add_row(row![b->"Description", task.get_description()]);
+        t.add_row(row![b->"Status", task.get_status()]);
+        t.printstd();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_command() {
+        with_subcommand_invocation!(vec!["task", "info", "1"], |inv: &Invocation| {
+            assert_eq!(inv.task, "1".to_string());
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/cmd/mod.rs b/cli/src/cmd/mod.rs
index 0ec5ae5fd..e7d27255b 100644
--- a/cli/src/cmd/mod.rs
+++ b/cli/src/cmd/mod.rs
@@ -5,15 +5,23 @@ use taskchampion::{taskstorage, Replica};
 
 #[macro_use]
 mod macros;
+mod shared;
 
 mod add;
 mod gc;
+mod info;
 mod list;
 mod pending;
 
 /// Get a list of all subcommands in this crate
 pub(crate) fn subcommands() -> Vec<Box<dyn SubCommand>> {
-    vec![add::cmd(), gc::cmd(), list::cmd(), pending::cmd()]
+    vec![
+        add::cmd(),
+        gc::cmd(),
+        list::cmd(),
+        pending::cmd(),
+        info::cmd(),
+    ]
 }
 
 /// The result of a [`crate::cmd::SubCommand::arg_match`] call
diff --git a/cli/src/cmd/shared.rs b/cli/src/cmd/shared.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb472ab23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/cmd/shared.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use clap::Arg;
+use failure::{format_err, Fallible};
+use taskchampion::{Replica, Task};
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+pub(super) fn task_arg<'a>() -> Arg<'a, 'a> {
+    Arg::with_name("task")
+        .help("task id or uuid")
+        .required(true)
+}
+
+pub(super) fn get_task<S: AsRef<str>>(replica: &mut Replica, task_arg: S) -> Fallible<Task> {
+    let task_arg = task_arg.as_ref();
+
+    // first try treating task as a working-set reference
+    match task_arg.parse::<u64>() {
+        Ok(i) => {
+            let mut working_set = replica.working_set().unwrap();
+            if i > 0 && i < working_set.len() as u64 {
+                if let Some(task) = working_set[i as usize].take() {
+                    return Ok(task);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Err(_) => {}
+    }
+
+    match Uuid::parse_str(task_arg) {
+        Ok(uuid) => {
+            if let Some(task) = replica.get_task(&uuid)? {
+                return Ok(task);
+            }
+        }
+        Err(_) => {}
+    }
+
+    Err(format_err!("Cannot interpret {:?} as a task", task_arg))
+}
diff --git a/taskchampion/src/task.rs b/taskchampion/src/task.rs
index c0ccc1480..69d2a6f56 100644
--- a/taskchampion/src/task.rs
+++ b/taskchampion/src/task.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ impl Status {
             Status::Deleted => "D",
         }
     }
+
+    /// Get the full-name value for this status to use in the TaskMap.
+    pub fn to_string(&self) -> &str {
+        // TODO: should be impl Display
+        match self {
+            Status::Pending => "Pending",
+            Status::Completed => "Completed",
+            Status::Deleted => "Deleted",
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]